Sonia Gandhi Tests COVID Positive, Supposed To Appear Before ED In National Herald Case On June 8

New Delhi: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi tested Covid positive just a few days ahead of the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case. She has to appear before the probe agency on June 8, India Today reported.

The ED case is based on a trial court order that allowed the Income Tax Department to probe the affairs of the National Herald newspaper and conduct a tax assessment of Sonia and Rahul. The order was the result of a petition filed by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in 2013.

Swamy’s complaint had alleged cheating and misappropriation of funds on part of the Gandhis in acquiring the newspaper. Swami had alleged that the Gandhis acquired properties owned by National Herald by buying the newspaper’s erstwhile publishers, AJL, through an organisation called Young India in which they have 86 per cent stake. Sonia and Rahul were granted bail in the case by the trial court on December 19, 2015.